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a Geometrical Problem ; " but his attendance at this 

 meeting will be remembered chiefly on account of 

 his paraphrase of the President's address, which was 

 published in Blackwood's Magazine, and, together with 

 the late Mr. Shilleto's Greek translation of it, will be 

 found reprinted in Part III. His verses on the Ked 

 Lions, a social club consisting of members of the 

 Association, were also written at this meeting. 



In university politics Maxwell was regarded as a 

 Conservative, and, as such, in November 1876, he 

 was elected a member of the Council of the Senate of 

 the University. His views respecting various ques- 

 tions of university reform are sufficiently indicated 

 by his letters, especially those addressed to Mr. 

 Monro (see p. 269). He was also a member of the 

 Mathematical Studies and Examinations Syndicate, 

 which was appointed on 17th May 1877, and which 

 sat every week during term for a whole year for the 

 purpose of reorganising the Mathematical Tripos. 



In 1873 and 1874 Professor Maxwell was one of 

 the examiners for the Natural Sciences Tripos, and in 

 1873 he was the first "Additional Examiner" in the 

 Mathematical Tripos under the new regulations which 

 then came into force. This was the fifth time that he 

 had examined in the Mathematical Tripos in the 

 course of seven years. He was president of the 

 Cambridge Philosophical Society during the session 

 1876-7. 1 



1 An account of the last years of Maxwell's life would not be com- 

 plete without a reference to his acquaintance with Professor H. A. 

 Rowland, formerly of Troy, and now of the Johns Hopkins University, 



